England striker Harry Kane won the 2026 Ballon d’Or on Monday, capping an outstanding season with Bayern Munich and the England national team. He becomes the first English player to win the prestigious award since Michael Owen in 2001. The 33-year-old striker scored 73 goals in 65 appearances for cl...
Formula 1 will return to Africa for the first time since 1993, with Rwanda set to host an African Grand Prix under a 10-year agreement announced on Tuesday. The first race is expected in the early 2030s, once a purpose-built circuit near the capital, Kigali, has been completed. The agreement marks a...
After a decade at the top, he wants to modernise how young athletes are trained.
Ivorian taekwondo champion Cheick Cissé has announced his retirement from competitive sport and his intention to run for president of the Ivorian Taekwondo Federation (FITKD), marking a shift from international competition to sports administration. The 33-year-old made the announcement on Sunday, Oc...
Twelve nations will compete at the national tennis centre in November.
The Africa Cup of Nations of Tennis will return to Abidjan from November 24 to 28, 2026, five years after its last edition. The 17th edition will bring together 12 African nations and introduce a new mixed-team format, the Confederation of African Tennis (CAT) said. Under the new format, men’s and w...
Senegal and Morocco are facing each other at the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne on Thursday in a legal dispute over the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations title. The hearing follows an appeal by the Senegalese Football Federation against a decision by the Confederation of African Football...
Côte d’Ivoire finished third at the 2026 World Nanbudo Championships in Cameroon, winning 10 medals, including one gold, three silver and six bronze, according to the official results. The eighth edition of the competition was held from Sept. 30 to Oct. 5 at the Palais Polyvalent des Sports in Yaoun...
The coach used the game to test young players before the qualifiers.
Following two strong victories in the AFCON 2027 qualifiers, Côte d’Ivoire hosted Cameroon on Saturday for an international friendly. Played at the Alassane Ouattara Stadium in Ebimpé in front of a large home crowd, the high-profile clash ended in a 1–0 victory for Cameroon. Bil Nsongo scored the so...
Ghana and Nigeria suffered heavy defeats in the second round of the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers on Tuesday, with The Gambia coming from two goals down to beat Ghana 4-2 in Accra and Guinea-Bissau defeating Nigeria 3-0. The results marked a difficult night for two of West Africa’s leading f...
A chapter comes to a close. Seko Fofana has decided to end his journey with the Éléphants of Côte d'Ivoire, announcing his international retirement on Monday, September 14, 2026. The Ivorian Football Federation (FIF) wishes to strongly salute this decision. The President of the Federation, the Execu...
Football / FIF Presidential Election: Yacine Idriss Diallo Re-elected with 123 Out of 149 Votes for a Second Four-Year Term The elective General Assembly of the Ivorian Football Federation (FIF) officially opened on Saturday, September 12, 2026, in Yamoussoukro, as reported by InCôtedIvoire.net. Yac...
